Emu 1212m: What Microphone To Buy?

Amazing!

While still on the subject of avoiding needless room noise, maybe the Samson C01U with USB connector could be an alternative? I have the C01 it’s based on (using it with the M-Audio Firewire Solo soundcard w/built in 48v pre-amp, very happy) and here you can choose between recording all round the mic, just from the front or front+back to get some room reverb.

I’ve used it in all my vocal productions so far, including: